Prajnesh Gunneswaran, who recently finished as runner-up in the Pune Challenger, has opted against participating in the wild card play-off for the Australian Open which will be held in Zhuhai, China, from Tuesday. Gunneswaran revealed he had a slight abdominal strain which he wants to recover from.

Rafael Nadal has announced that he would take part in the Brisbane International - a build-up tournament to the Australian Open - before taking part in the first major of 2019. While adding that the venue has always been amazing, Nadal stated that he has been looking forward to playing there.

Be it Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer or Serena Williams, tennis players and their idiosyncrasies have often caught the eyes of fans. Marin Cilic has something up his sleeves too, it seems, as he was seen bouncing the ball 27 times before the service on Thursday though he eventually managed to miss it.

Though not many were looking forward to the faceoff between Korea’s Hyeon Chung and America’s Tennys Sandgren, the quarterfinal clash produced some brilliant moments. The best of them was perhaps Sandgren’s insane reflexes to keep off Chung’s body shot and eventually win the point.

Despite the ultra-advanced technology aiding modern tennis, a point in Australian Open proved how much the game still relies on umpire’s naked eye. Colombian duo Cabal/Farah were denied a clear point after umpire failed to pick Sam Groth’s racquet hitting the ball before it dropped out.